Tina Srebotnjak
Tina Srebotnjak is a Canadian television journalist.
She was born in Slovenia and moved to Canada with her parents as a child, growing up in Mississauga, Ontario. She was educated at the University of Toronto, studying English and French, and at Carleton University, studying journalism.
[edit] Career in radio
She joined the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation as a researcher in 1976, and covered the 1980 Quebec referendum for the network. She subsequently returned to Toronto to work as a studio director for Morningside[1]. Tina is married to CBC journalist Brian Stewart and they have a daughter named Katie.
[edit] Career in television
Srebotnjak left CBC Radio and moved over to CBC Television. She joined Midday, becoming a host of the latter program in 1992.
When Midday ended its run in 2000[2], Srebotnjak moved to TVOntario, where she has hosted cultural programming including the (now-defunct) book series Imprint.[3][4]
Her short story "Becoming Canadian" was published in the book "The First Man in my Life: Daughters write about their Fathers" by Sandra Martin.[5]
She now works in the Communications & Marketing department of the Toronto Public Library.
[edit] References
- ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=_XpGnepoKuoC&lpg=PA292&dq=%22Tina%20Srebotnjak%22&pg=PA292#v=onepage&q=%22Tina%20Srebotnjak%22&f=false
- ^ Zerbisias, Antonia (Feb 11, 2000). "173 Jobs go as CBC's axe falls yet again ; Television fixture Midday set to be chopped in June". Toronto Star. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/426571881.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Feb+11%2C+2000&author=Antonia+Zerbisias&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=173+Jobs+go+as+CBC's+axe+falls+yet+again+%3B+Television+fixture+Midday+set+to+be+chopped+in+June&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
- ^ "Stuntman parachutes to his death". Toronto Star. July 3, 2000. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/426860481.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+03%2C+2000&author=&pub=Toronto+Star&desc=Stuntman+parachutes+to+his+death&pqatl=google. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- ^ Brioux, Bill (March 10, 2005). "Layoffs hit TVOntario". CANOE. http://jam.canoe.ca/Television/2005/03/10/955765.html. Retrieved 2011-04-27. "Up to 10 Canadian Media Guild positions are being eliminated, including Imprint host Tina Srebotnjak."
- ^ http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/books/story.html?id=2fed2e20-e3e6-4d80-aa46-c842bddbc546
